My journey to becoming a doula and childbirth educator began in mid 2007 when my husband and I found out that we were expecting our first baby. I, as most mothers-to-be, had never heard of the word "doula." Through my search on all things baby and birth I was able to answer that question and found an amazing childbirth preparation course called Hypnobabies. My husband was a little iffy about this, but I insisted, so we signed up for the six-week course. This is where my life changed, even more so than it already had. Our Hypnobabies instructor, who is also a doula, opened our eyes to the amazing thing that birth is, that it can be such an empowering event in a woman's life and that it truly is a right of passage. After we completed our six week Hypnobabies course we asked our instructor to join us at the birth as our doula and in April of 2008 she helped us welcome our beautiful and amazing son into this world. From that moment on, I knew that I wanted to
do what she did. I want to help women have an amazing experience for every birth they have. I want to help women know that their bodies are perfectly made to birth and that the more we stay out of the way of this natural process, the better the birth experience can be.
Since then I have completed my certification as a Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor (HCHI) and HypnoDoula and I have been honored to serve several families through their individual and beautiful birth journeys.
~ Katherine
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